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[...] Black unemployment has fallen, but a gap still persists Friday's jobs report showed the [U-3] unemployment rate tick down to 3.5 percent from 3.6 percent as the economy added 236,000 jobs in March. The unemployment rate for Black workers dropped to 5 percent from 5.7 percent, or about 1.1 million people -- the lowest rate on record, according to [BLS] data compiled reported by the St. Louis Federal Reserve.
Friday's jobs report showed the [U-3] unemployment rate tick down to 3.5 percent from 3.6 percent as the economy added 236,000 jobs in March.
The unemployment rate for Black workers dropped to 5 percent from 5.7 percent, or about 1.1 million people -- the lowest rate on record, according to [BLS] data compiled reported by the St. Louis Federal Reserve.
[FRB Chairman Jerome Powell] said this was due to factors "embedded" in the U.S. economy but did not provide further details [...]
Here's how policymakers have failed many Black Americans One of the reasons labor conditions for people with criminal records can be so bad is that not much is actually known [?!] about them as a segment of the population, which makes it difficult for lawmakers to design laws and policies that serve their needs. [....]
One of the reasons labor conditions for people with criminal records can be so bad is that not much is actually known [?!] about them as a segment of the population, which makes it difficult for lawmakers to design laws and policies that serve their needs. [....]
Black rates are higher at all alternative measures of labor underutilization For all of the alternative measures, the rate for Blacks was higher in 2019 than for the population overall. The broadest alternative measure, U-6, was μ 11.0 percent for Blacks, compared with 7.2 percent for the over[]all population.
For all of the alternative measures, the rate for Blacks was higher in 2019 than for the population overall. The broadest alternative measure, U-6, was μ 11.0 percent for Blacks, compared with 7.2 percent for the over[]all population.
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